Rare 1920s Odoma Portable Typewriter | German Interwar Display Artifact with PICA Typeface

📖 Product Overview: Rare German Interwar Engineering

Presenting a highly elusive mechanical artifact from the interwar period: an original Odoma Portable Typewriter. Manufactured in limited numbers in Darmstadt, Germany, during the 1920s by Odoma-Werk, this compact machine is widely recognized among typewriter archivists as one of the scarcer German portable designs from the early 20th century.

Featuring an exposed frame, compact body layout, and a classic PICA Typeface (10 CPI), this rare machine stands as an exceptional display piece, photography prop, or centerpiece for vintage machinery collections.

⚠️ Condition & Mechanical Notes: Sold for Display

Please note that this typewriter is sold strictly as a display showpiece and is not fully working.

• Mechanical Issues: The spring holding the line-spacing mechanism is broken. The machine has not received an intensive mechanical overhaul or deep clean, and it is not suitable for daily typing. specially line spacing is not working and can be done manually. 

• Cosmetic Presentation: Retains its authentic vintage patina, original keycaps, and classic period badging.

• Worn Rubber Feet & Protective Desk Pad Included: The original rubber feet underneath are aged and worn. To protect your furniture, table, or shelf from scratches, it will be safely supplied and shipped with the underlying protective pad pictured.

• Included Items: Typewriter unit as pictured with the protective desk pad.

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